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Joe Posnanski writes about sports for a living, particularly baseball. Here, he writes about sports and also Springsteen, Hamilton, Harry Potter, iPads, infomercials, his idolization of Duane Kuiper, his family and magic. He lives in Charlotte with his wife Margo, two daughters Elizabeth and Katie, and their dog Westley. Joe is currently working on a book about Harry Houdini in today’s world.

I think Mark Reynold’s initial success helped change the game of baseball. It is a game of taking big swings now. There were 6.7 K/9 from pitchers in 2007. There were 8.1 last year. You mentioned the 189 strikeout record – There have been 23 player seasons with that many or more strikeouts in the last 9 years.